thank you for all the info Hyperite.
i think i am read up good enough to do all of this, i do however want to know if i should do anything to the image before putting it on the new drive. ie backgrounds spalsh screens etc etc.
also on a side note i could have sworn i read that the ilumination could be change to match the stock dash color. i have read and went threw all the screens on the z2 and cant find this feature anywhere. am i missing it or is this not possible???